Improvement in knives



n llnitd gaat NOYES EBABCOGK AND enoncn D.

GOODSELL, OF ROOKFORD, ILLINOIS.

Lam Parma N 101,200, (haar March 29, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN KNIVES.

The Schedule referred to in these Lettera Patent and making paxt o! the same.

T0 all whom it nmyconcern:

Be it known that we, Noms E. kncock and tached to a handle, which is peculiarly curved, and

provided with serrated and smooth edges, as will be fully described hereinafter'.

In the drawings- Figure 1 represents a side elevation of my improved knife;

Figure 2, a View `of the blade detached; and AFigures 3 and 4,^views of the retaining rod, nut,

and washer.

To enable others skilled in the art to which our invention belongs to make and use the sam'e, we will now proceed to describe fully the construction and manner of using the same.

Arepresents a handle of any proper forni and size.

B represents the blade, which is provided, at its rear end, with an opening, b.

C represents a rod, which is out, at one end, to form the hook c, and provided with screw-threads at the other, as shown.

The rod C is caught into the opening b ofthe blade vby means of its hooks c, and after being inserted into the handle is secured in place by `means of a nut, which is screwed upon its projecting end.

- The hook o of the rod is preferably cut into the I rod in order to permit the blade of the knife to vhang in the cen-ter of the handle.

The blade is peculiar in shape. I t extends forward from th'e handle in lines forming an angle of abolitteu degrees from the longitudinal center line of the latter until the points b1 b"2 are reached, at a distance somewhat greater' than the length 'of the handle itself, at'which points a short curve is made up to and beyond the center line, as is clearly' shown in the drawings.

By this peculiar construction 'several advantages are obtained. The serrated edge, from the handle to b1, is especially adapted for a downward drawing stroke, such as is given in cutting straw-bauds.

rI`he smooth edge upon the opposite side, together with the smooth edge of the inner side of the sharp curve from b'2 toll" is especially adapted for an upward-drawing stroke, such as is given in pruning shrubs and trimming grapevines.

The smooth edge upon. the outer curve, from b to lr', is especially adapted for the purpose of Skinning animals, 85o.

We are well aware that an implement having serrated aud smooth edges upon opposite sides of its blades is not new, but this we do not broadly claim; but,

Having thus fully described our invention,

What we claim as new, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is

The implement described, consisting of the handle A and blade B, of shape sh'own, provided with serrated aud smooth edges as described, for the purpose set forth. i This specification signed and witnessed this 18th day of February, 1870.

OYES E. BABUOCK. GEORGE D. GOODSELL.'

W itnesses:

G. W. Fono, D. B. DEWEY. 

